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Colour

#C97220

  • #C97220
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Chocolate

#C97220 is a orange with RGB values 201, 114, 32 and HSL 29°, 73%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#C97220#C97220
HEX#C97220
RGBrgb(201, 114, 32)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.4471, 0.1255
RGB percentages78.8%, 44.7%, 12.5%
HSLhsl(29.1, 72.5%, 45.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(29.1, 84.1%, 78.8%)
CMYK0%, 43.3%, 84.1%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,201,952
CSS custom property--colour: #C97220;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24556WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.91:1
Contrast with white3.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.91:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#368DDF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8C7C0Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A19020no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original
Tritanopia#DC5E63no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.55:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 8.4Peru · ΔE 12.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.1Sandy brown · ΔE 20.4Coral · ΔE 21.5Sienna · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 8.41, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2077C9
Analogous#C92022, #C9C620
Triadic#20C972, #7220C9
Split complementary#20C9C6, #2023C9
Tetradic#23C920, #2077C9, #C720C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5DAC0
Lighter +30%#EEC094
Lighter +20%#E7A668
Lighter +10%#E08C3C
Darker −10%#9D5919
Darker −20%#714012
Darker −30%#45270B
Darker −40%#190E04
More saturated +25%#E67103
Less saturated −25%#AC733D

Channel breakdown

R201
G114
B32
Red201 (78.8%)
Green114 (44.7%)
Blue32 (12.5%)
Hue29.11°
Saturation (HSL)72.53%
Lightness45.69%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C9 · G 72 · B 20

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